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WINNSBORLo, a. c.
Thursday, DeO. 7, : : : 1878.
JN. . MNOLDS, Editor.
When Judge Mackey presented
himself at the door of the State
House, and was confronted by
soldiers with muskets on which are
fixed large trowel bat ieta, he
took a glance at the gleaming
weapons, and remarked to a com
anion that there was no cause for
alarm-there had been a great deal
more steal about the State House
for the past eight years than was
then presented to his view.
It is stated on what is deemed
good authority that Governor
Hayes will decline the rresidential
office, should it appear that he was
counted in by any impropor means
whatever. He is represented as
being very rostive under the pres
sure now brought to bear upon him,
to induce him to be silent upon the
trickery done by the Louisiana
Roturning Board, and the sanction
given to that trickcry by loading
Radical journals.
A considerable commotion has
been stirred up in political circles
by the toshimony of a negro woman
calling herself Mrs. Pinkatom, beforo
the Returning Board in Louisiana.
She represents that her hunband
was brut-lly beaten, theu killed and
his person mutilated in a most
shocking manner-all because ho
was a staunch Republican. She
likewise says she herself was very
ornelly beaton, and, to crown the
outrage, her child was taken from
her, killed and its body thrown into
a strcam. The horror over the
terrible affair had about reached its
olimax, when it was shown by the
testimony of trustworthy persons
that the misfortunes of the ready
female witness wero the* result of
low negro brawls and general bad
behavior-the whites having had
nothing whatever to do with the
afair. This is a specimen of the
cases brought before the Returning
Board, with a view to show that
there was intimidatiein at the eleo
tion.
The letter of General linipton,
General Gordon and Colonel
Haskell, addressed to General
Ruger, shows that officer up in a
moat unenviable light. The action
of General Ruger, in his capacity of
Post Commandant at Columbia, has
been at once .par tisan, unjust,
vacillating and high handed. It was
by his order--as it could not have
been otherwise--that troops. were
placed at the doors of the State
ifouse, and the credontials of mem
born subjected to the serutiny of a
sergeant of infantry. It was by his
orders--as it could not have b~een
otherwise-that insolent questions
wore put to white men (as to their
having arms) and none to the
negroes, white Radicals and hang
ers-on of the Columbia ring. It
was due to his action that the
IRump was emboldened up to the
point of making a formal organiza
tion, and his bayonets wore used to
guard the doer of the House, at the
roquest of the door-keeper who told
a lie to got them there. It is use
lens for Genoral Rluger to attempt
to wriggle out of his responsibility
by saying that his subordinates had
misconstrued his instruction. What
was done, must have been done by
his order. This~ is well proven by
the fact that Ruigor sent a staff..
ofileer to Speaker Wallace, to in
form him that the Democratic mem
bers from Edgefield and Laurens
would be ejected from the House on
Friday last. At tho time we write,
this high-handed step has not been
taken, bnt that it has not, is duo, in
all probability, not to any proper
spirit in Rugor, but to the faCt that
he fears he is going too far, and
thought it best to send to Washing
ton for further instructions. The
General has truly shown himself up
in a most unenviab~le light. Here
after he must exp~eot to be classed
with the Morrills of the army.
Strong Language.
The New gQrk J~erald is di.
cussing the attempt of the Bump to
establiish a bogus quorum, uses the
following strong laniguage :
"The tSouth Carolina RIepublicans
have t'tken the position tlsat p
norumi of . pach brauch of the
* slature does not consist of a
Sority of all the members, but a
,~4~ritithoge having certilleates
detodsaer~
of members of wlich the lower
House shall consist. In .the State
of New Yoik the Assembly consists
of one hundred and twenty-o'ght
membersi of which a majority i4 a
quot um. It has never been pro
tended at Albany that less than
sixty fivo mombors could transact
businoss, and disputod Boats have
never made any differenceo in this
respect. The same rule has always
heretofore prevailed in South Caro
lina. The constitution of that Stato
doclares that "the House of Repre
sentatives shall consist of one hun
dred and twenty four membors," and
that "a majority of each House shall
constitute a quorum to do business."
The plain meaning is a majority of
the one hundred and twenty four.
But Chamberlain's satellites have
sot up a now rule, and claim
that a majority of those who have
received certificatos is a quorumn,
reducing it from sixty-three which
the Stato constitution requires to
fifty-nine. They woro unable yes
tcrday forenoon to get even this
bastard quorum, owing to the doser
tion of ono or two republican mom
bors, and all their proceedings wore
brougit to a dead halt for a time.
If one1 of the republicin members
should Omsent hiiself it will be
iniposibOlo for Governor Chamber
lain to gut. himself counted in, even
with the aid of the fodoral troops.
But, as the Governor holds his office
"for two yearsV IId until his suC
cos01 isO ellos"i and clualifiod.
Chamberlain will hold over so long
as the deadtock may continue. If
the republit-ns shoild get the full
number of the falso quorum togoth
or, canvass tho votos and inaugurate
Chamborlain we 3uppose lie might
bo dispossessed by the Supreme
Court if the law of the Stato wro
permitted to take its course. But 1
it looks now asi if the Stato tribunals
would be set at deliance by foderal
troops, if Chamberlain should be
sworn in and the Supreme Court cf
the State decide that lie had no
logal title to the office.
OUR COLUMBIA LETTER,
I orrespondeice f The Nezis and Hera'd.
COLxmiim, Dember 4.-The
events of the ptat weck have been
very exciting and the hopes and
fears of the Democraey have been
excited altornately. On Monday
night the 27th November the Demo
crats held a caucus in the State
House, and this was made a pretext
by Gov. Chamberlain for having the
building taken possessiot of by
Federal troops. At midnight Gen.
Rugor marched several companies
into the corridors of the building,
locking all the doors but one and
placing a Eentinel at that. It was
thought that tihe troops would pro
vent tihe Edgofiold and Laurens
delegations frcm entering the build
ing as they held certinenates from
the Clerk of tihe Supreme Court
instead of from the Secretrry of
State. A Cordingffy these deleYga
tions were placed in the vanu and the
Democrats marched in procession to
the State House. Theeo delega
tins were prevented by the guard
from passing and tile wihole line
halted. Col. Haskoll then went to
Gen. Ruger and asked if lie propos
0(d to pass5 juldgment upon01 the
judgment of the Supreme Court.
This dumfounderod the General and
he ordered all pers~ons having eer
tificates of either kind to pass. The
Democrats were thus admiittedl to
the lower floor, but Col. Kellogg
commanding, seemed to take un
necessary time in readling these
credentials, as if he wished to de
tain the members. In' the mnean
time Donnis who stole thousands of
dollars from the State, prevailed on
Gol. Kellogg to Put an inlsido guard
at the door of the Hall, and this
again excludeld tihe di.aputed delega
tions. The Deomocrats withdrew in
a body to Carolina Hall. That
night they organized. Wednesday
they woent into secret session.
Thursday morning they woen in a
body to the State House having re
ceived a p~romnise of non-interference
by Ruger. Gon. Wallace took the
chair. An hour after, Mackey's
house entered the Hall. And
Mackey demanded his seat. Speak
or Wallace remained seated, and re
plied : "I have been elected by a
majority of the House of Represen
tatives of tihe State of South Caroli
na, duly sworn in, in the Carolina
Hall, on Tudsday, the 28th day of
November, instant. Tile Constitu
tion provides that the Legislature
shall meet in the City of Columbia,
on the fourth Tuesday in November.
It makes no provision that thle
House of Representatives shall be
organlized in this hall. On Tuesday
last sa majority of the theombers of
thgRouse of Representatives, with.
certificates of election, were regused
admission to this hall. They re.
tireod to the Otrolina Hall and or
ganishd with a memblership of sixty
ein, who, according to the constitu
tiom, were duly sworn In and their
*Mct 6oit. ~We are heo in
COIktl4ion pf S tatkoiSoh
Carolia. WVe desir's to oppress not
ofleg atid f' deprie'no knan of his'
rights on this floor. We desire to
claim only the rights that belong to
us, and those rights wo intenA to
have."
Mackey said: "I claim that I was
elected Speaker of this House by a
legal quorum of membors legally
sworn in. We do not recognize that
any- others than those sworn in here
on Ihtfoday lWst are mombers of this
House, and these men who are visit
ingthis-hall without our consent
must kep order. I must again
demand that you. Gen. Wallace,
leave this chair."
Speaker Wallace: "I have already
declaroel that I am the legally elect
ed Speaker of this House, and I
must request you to retire."
Mackey: "The iergetn t-atarns
will please stop forward and enforce
my ordor."
Speaker Wallace: "The sergeant
at arms will please step forward and
enforce my order."
Both sergeants advanced, looked
at each other and the respectivo
Speakers, anid then stopped. There
was considerable confusion but no
violence ensued. After a pria
montary wrangle fei several hours
both houses collapsod into silence.
It was a question of endurance, and
the members remained all night an .1
the nett day. On Friday at noon
the two rolls were called and some
further debato ensued. The members
continued in this way for the whole
day; Members sometimes speaking
all at once. but generally giving way
to each other in a spirit of true
harmony. In fact the two houses
got as thick as peas.
THE LEosLATIvE DEADLOCK.
Monday morning found the situa
lion in Columbia practically un
changed from what it had been for
Reveral days previous. The Demo
crats however had received two
notable accessories to the Constitu
tional House, in the persons of
Thomas Hamilton and N. B. Myers,
representatives from Beaufort
county. and both of them prominent
colored leaders. Disgusted and
feeling outraged at the disgraceful
proceedings of the rabble presided
over by Mackey, Hamilton and
Myers had the courage und man
hood to denounce them, . and to
cooic out from amongst them, and
to place themselves on the side of
the constitution and laws of the
c'ounfltry.
At 12 o'clock Mon lay, the Demc -
crats with four Republicans left the*
State House, and repaired to Caro
lina Hall. The rerkon for this uin
expected action on the pairt of the
Constitutional House is based upon
official~ information conveyed to
Speaker 'Wallace that a strong force
of State constables would enter the
House, and p~roceed to eject the
memnb.ers fr mn E~gefield and Lau
rens, and that in case of resistance
the Federal soldiers would b~ack upl
th econstables. Under these cir
ecumstances, and with a view of pre
venting a 11ot and p~robable blood
shed, Speaker Wallace advised a
withdrawal, which advice was fol
lowed as indicated above. On
Tuesday at 10 a. mn., the legal House
met at Carolina Hall. John Gibson
and Dainiel Bird, representatives
from Fairfield, presented themselves
b~ef ore Speaker Wallace, took the
necessary oath, and wore duly
enrolled.
The Constitutional House has
now on its roster 62 members, hold
ing certificates from the Secretary
of State, and it having been intinmat
e-. that the Washington authorities
wvould recognizo no Homso that did
not have 62 members holding cor..
tificates from the Secretary of State,
only one more member was requnired
in ordler to obtain recognition from
the national government. An ad
journment wvas had until 7i p. in.,
but as the additional member l e
quired wa not foi thcoming, another
adjournment was had until Wednes
day at 10 a. m.
Pursuant to adjournmnent the
Legislature met Wednesday at ten
o'clock, at Cr'rohina Hall, Speakr
Wallace presiding. . Bridges, a
colorell Republican elected from
Newberry county, came into the
Hall and was sworn in by Gen.
WVallace. This gives the legitmate
House of Repi esentatives, aixty.
three menibbra oling c ertificates
of the Board of' State Cainassers.
This gives to .the. Constitutional
House a quorum, oven excluding the
members 'frosa Edigefleld' and
Laurene.
The Supreme Court has rendered
a decision recognizilig Gen. Wallace
as/pdkei . thUHotefand hold
ipn (th memiders lae from
ftAelga,~4 Laurrnu are, entitled
lWtelr seat's. 'E'ierything looks
pr'omising for the Demoo-'ate. D.
South Carolina News.
. Abbovillo is going to have a new
hotel.
The tide of pleasure travel is set
ting towards Aiken.
Over one-third of the male popula
tion of Edgefiold county was in Co
lumbia last week.
Fire alarm telegraph boxes will
soon be put up all over Charlston.
The tolograph company is now haul
ing poles for the purposec.
Mr J. E. Dilarge, of Darlington
county, lins had his gin housc broken
opon and several hundred pounds of
cotton stolen.
. A colored mim named Fiold Fos
tor, living in Newberry, had his
house burned doii last week, and
his little child was Lurnod in it.
The dwelling of Mr. J. 11. Dorham
of Horry, with mt l of.itscontents,
was accident.lly burned last wook.
ohe three county comlmissioners
of Newberry s-tt oighty-two days,
and received as compensation $1,.
055 70.
Abbeville has been entortained by
a corps of Amatr 'Tihe.itricals.
Tlloir perforimince was both inter
esting and highly creditable
Rev. B. F.Porter, acolored Massa
chusetts earpetl-bagger, has wee'y
emoved hinself from Abbeville, and
is now engaged in the curo of souls
at Newborry.
All of the pI isioners conifind in
the Lexington jail, six in iumbor,
took log bail last week, and have
forever rid that county of thoir
presence. There is now not a single
inmate of that jail.
The first cargo of iron for the
Spartanburg and Ashoville Railroad
has arrived at Spartanburg, and the
work of laying the track will be im
mediately comnienced.
The Sumter Po:nocratic C:ub have
pledged themselves not to lend their
mid or patronage to the Republican
party by becoming surety on the
bonds of any of the late elected
county oflicials.
In compliance with a request
from the bar, made in view of the
present disturbed condition o
public affairs, the Court of Common
Pleas for Charleston County has
boon adjourned until 3rd day of
January, 1877.
The enino of the ( amden )raneh,'
.. C. P. R., latel-y colitect with the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
train near the Wilmington crossing,
last week, trowing one of the cars
from the trak and slightly danag
ing the engine. No one was hurt.
An accident occurred on the South
Carolna Railroadl, near GIran iteville,
last w ek, by wich fourteen freight
cars were 1njured, and some other
slight dlamrge done. The accident
was caused by an engine breaking
loose and colliding with the shift
ing engine.
There have been two late incen
diary fires in Edgefield ; a barn
belonging to Miss Annie L. Gomnil
lion, withi its contents, seven bales of
cotton, 200 bushels of wheoit, 100
bushels of oats and a quantity of
fod lor ; and a gin house of Mr.
Jack Smyley, with six b~ales of cot
ton and fifty bushels of-wheat.
A negro nam ad Charles Turns,
residing in Hamburg, lately fired at
wo young men pa sing through that
place. Turns, who is a desperado,
had preOvions'y declare3d his inten
tion of waylaying and killing young
Goetsen who was one of the two
young men.
A resident of Line Street in
Charleston has a very p~eculiar idea
about the eternal fitness of things
In the middle of his cow lot stands
a gloomy white tomb stone, all alone
in its glory. How can a cow got fat
which continually has to observe so
melancholy a reminder of the muta
bility of earthly things ?
Nelson Williams, a colored boy,
wvas shot in the hip by John Hiagan,
while escaping from the house of
Mr. George Nickles, at Abbeville.
T1'he house had beenx robbed several
times of sm-dh valuables, and Mr.
Hasgan resolved to watch for the
intruder, which he did on Monday
night, wvith the above result. The
thief is badly, but not dangerously
wvounded.
Mr. Maxey Gregg, who resides on
the west side of iedee River, in
Marion county, shot and severely
wounded a colored femahe' cotter.
thief, last week. Having been a
severe sufferer from cotton stealing,
lie and his brother undertook to
watch for the rogues. As a band of
thenm were carrying off some cotton
lie p~ursued them, and as they ran
off, he fired with the above result.
John Hampton Parris was killed
in Spartanburg by a colored man by
the name of Leonard Stroud, a few
days ago. Par~iis had gone to the
house of the negro to see him about
some matters, wvhen a difficulty
ensued, and Stroud struck Tharris
on the head with a billet of wood,
killing him instaintly. Stroud ha's
been arrested and the matter will
be settled by the Courts.
The eighth annual fair of the
Abbeville Mechanical and Agricul
tural soolety was held in the grounds
of the Association at that place, this
past week. The attendance was
slim. The old officers of the Asso
elation were re-eleoted with the ex
ception of the Seoretary and Treas,
urer who resigned, His place was
filled by the election of Mr. T, P.
Quorbes
rgt* of ni~y xis10re J give ne
ali M-A,1':said&a printer 2 his swe
herrt. She adea .----.. at liim a
plante her 8w between hie 2 ii's
wvhidh adn him n one
The court denied the writ, hording
that the grounds of the applicationi
were not siliient to warrant their
issuing it.
They havo captured a fish in
Florida, near Cedar Keys, to whicli
the inhabitants havo given the
name of the carpet bagger. It hasi
the head of a catfish, the body of
an col, and the logs of -a lizard. It
is allied to the screwfish, well known
in Florida, whose habits have been
made the study of Pratt, of Palatka.
In the summer time, when the St.
John's yields its beautiful grasses,
it swiis up and unscrews Its head,
which by the aid of four well defined
legs. goes out on the bjanks and cats
the sweet grasses. When winter
comes it goes back, screws the tail
(n, and makes the water of the lovely
St. John's its home. Naturalists
have designated it as bolong to tho
family of "Spiratus Arobinadoous."
Can it be that all of the offico
holding Smiths havo been colonized
in Georgia ? This record would
almo.-t make it appear so. J. M.i
Smith, No. 1, is Gavornor of the
State ; J. M. Smith, No. 2, is repre
sentativo elect from " Oglethor
county ; J. M. Smith, No. 3, was
candidato for Ordinary in Heard
county ; J. M. Smith, No. 4, was
eandidate for Tax Collector in Ta!
bot county ; J. M. Smrith, No. 5, is
one of the most popular Justices of
the Peaco in Harris aounty ; J. M. I
Smith, Nos. 6 and 7, have just
vacated offices, and J. M. Smith,
No. 8, was -omlmlder-in chief of all
110 depity marshals in the State on
election day.
When the Democratic caucus mot
in the hall of the House of Ropresen
tativos at Raloigl, N. C , to nominato
a United Stc.ts Senator, Hood, the
Republican nemiber from Henderson
county, walked in. The door-koper
told hii none but Demnocrats need;
apply, and that he would havo to go
out. He got out accordingly. Next
morning a member went into Hood's
room and'- found hii packing his
trunk. He asked for an explanation,
when Hood told him that his people
had sent him to the Legislature,
but if- he was to be collared and put
out of the ball, lie be dad-drat if lie
wasn't going homo. Had he
not l'en stp)cd in time
he would have gone sure enough, and
the sholiff with his posse would
Jrobably have visited Raleigh to
reseat him.
How H1e Bet.
A short time ago the steamer Lee,
in miking her ti ip from New Or
leans, had her full complement of
passengers. As they walked about
listlessly aind -were apparently an
noyed, they listened willingly to a
suggestion from an individual who
ownied a mionte bank that just to
pass away the time they should
buck at monte. The dealer found a
ta'Il handy anid opened h'.s bank. In
a short time most of the ccmpany
were engaged in the gsmo. After
it had progressed a wvhile, a rough
loo king stranger, who was choselv
observing' the game, handesd the
dealer a $5 picc. T1he dealer', surl
[prised asked him-w~hy lhe had done
so, when lie wah told that lhe (the
stranger) had lost it fairly, as he had
bet in his mind on the queen.
Aft;er several deals the stra~nger
gave the dealer $10, mxaking a state
ment similar to the first, wihereupon
the baniker p)ocketed the money,
thinking that he had found a lunatie.
After a short time had elapsed,
the passengers, startled by3 a mos't
terrific yell, looked in wonder and
ahlrnm at the contortions of the
stranger, who, jumpin~i g about the
groups, cried at every jump:
"I've won ! I've won I've won i!
"WVon what?'' asked the banker'.
"WVhy, 1've woni $250. I bet in
my mind onl thle cavier, and lie won.
Hand over the money."
As the banker had permit ted him
to lose when betting in his mind, he
had to pay him the money. The
stranger received the monmey, and
also a request to be more audible in
his bo0ts.
According to the German philoso..
pher Adolnay, the number of Ian
guiages spoken in Europe is 587, in
Asia 937, in Africa 276, and in Ameri
ca, 1,264 ; making a total of 3,067
In London, a Jew has been eharg
ed 'with the murder of a Jew. It is
said that this is tihe first time such a
thing has happened, and that the
last Jew hanged in England wvas
hanged two hundred yeairs ago for
forgery.
"I assure you, madam, it is no
trouble to show goods," said a weak
dry goods clerk oni Broad street, who
had been taking down and puntting
up everythung in his dlepartmnent for
twvo hours without making a cent.
ie said it very sweetly, but lhe
A co'or-ad mn n uned Edmond
Gregory was killed cn E~dista Island
a few days ago, by another colored
man by the niame of John Johnson,
as lie was returning from a religious
meeting. The weapon used' was a
regular "Jim Island possumn bunting
musket." The cause of the murder
was a fatmily grudge. A coroner's
jury returned a verdict of willful
murder. Johnson has been arrested.
Six negroes were brought" before
Trial Yustice Mcdord, in Oolutibbi,
a few days since, charged with whip.
pin a colored man tiamoc4Ben Mack
indt ,oretmst ces of hocig b
snan into a feld, bound hintwh
alk tii ms ~hsh was trnby
laver ated. They then set, a vic ou
dog upon hirn which toake ~ n a1
dreadful manunT '
str~pped .hin and throw hhn a
cre~k fr'od whicht le *
die o Ceean
Miscellaneous News.
It is estimated that 100,000 ole
)bants are annually destroyod for
the sako of their ivory.
The city of Atlanta, Ga., has just
completed twolthirds of a milo of
sewers, at a cost of $300,000.
The outhern Home records
cases of maltreatment of colored
Democrats in North Carolina, by
the Radicals, of their own color.
Georgia's Congressional dologa.
tioi will be compuoed (ntirely of
regular Democratic nominees ; the
Radicals and Independents having
been overywhere boaten.
J. W. Poe, a colored Democrat of
Charlotte, has been appointed. a
messeIger in the House of Repre
sentatives at Raleigh.
P"The cotton crop of Egypt
shows a deceroiso this year as com
pared with last year, of at least
110,000 hales.
Gen John T. Morgan has been
elected as a Democratic United
States soniator from Alabama.
Wild ducks are plentiful in Au
gusta, Ga., at pricos ranging from
fifty cents to one dollar and a (Iai
for a pair.
The wonder in that a man feeling
as big as Gov. Stearns of Floridat
does, was not around to save the
country in the place of George
I Washington.
The main building of the Centen
n'al Exposition at Piladelphia has
been1 purchased by the International
Exhibition Company, for a quarter
of a million dollars.
The big cotton factory of Atlanta,
Georgia. will commnience Opera Otis
on Christmas day, idfl thel oOpening
will be celebrated with duo
'festivities.
In the caso of the United States
vs. B. H. Claflin & Co., for $150,000
for sumggling, the Supreme Court
of the United States has affirmed the
decree of the Court below, in favor
of the defendants.
A fire occurred in Chicago, last
week supposed to have been caused
by the spontaneous combustion of
liquor. Four blocks were destroyed
and four lives were lost. The vic
tims seem to have been suffocated
Water. P. Shomwell, Radical As
Ristant postmaster at Cedar Kevs,
Florida, was lately arrested and
brought to Jacksonville, charged
with stealing thirty dollars from the
mails.
Liout Col. Fred Grant was ar
rested in Chicago last week for as.
naultng a reporter of tCe ]fooning
Journal, and was held to hail in the
snm of four hundred dollars. He
denies striking tihe rep~orter.
The-post office at Hutfordi, No-rthi
Carolinn, was broken into lately
andl robbbed of about four humndiod
dollars. Trho valise, which con
tained the money. was afterwards
found, empljty, near the river.
Bummers pnaing iln thc wake of
Robinson's Circns, pickedl up a good
deal of B:rnk of Meckienberg money,
at Charlotte, N. C., which they i'n
tend to pass of as good in other
localities.
At the present rap~id rate of pro
grss one parish counted in two
days, tihe vote of Louisiana for
Presidential Electors will he coin
pleted in suflicient time to allow tihe
people of that State to cast their
vote for President in 1880.
It is reported that Tweed contem
State authorities. Tihe fact that his
former counsel have not seen T weed
since his return would seem to give
probability to the statement.
The Governor elect of Newv York
is hard at work completing his re
port as Comptroller, and propling
his first mcsSage as Governor. Tho
is a great deal of speculation at
Albany about tile appointmenta
under the new State Government.
Jefferscn Davis. ox-President of
the Sou thern Confederacy, return ed
from Liverpool, by the Adriatie,
last week. He wvent immediately on
to Vickshiurg, where, it is stated, ho
had an appointment on .the 1st Dec.
inst.
Last week tihe residence of Mr.
J. K. Wimberly, thirteen railes from
Augusta, Georgia, was totally de
stroyed b~y fire. All the furniture
excep)t that in tihe upper story was
saved through the efforts of the
FGrangers, wvho were holding a meet
ing in the vicinity.
Timi Hurley, one0' of the Hayes
Presidential Electors, seems to be
getting on tihe fence about his duty
next wveek. Whether lie is in doubt
whether he was fairly counted in
seenms uncertain, but lhe is evidently
concerned in mind, and may do
something different from what he
was elected to do.
InCave City, Kentucky, the Re..
publiean negroes vowed vengeance
against one of their race who haf
voted tihe Democratic ticket, and -in
fulfillment of their threats, recently
went to his house at night, took him
out and deliberately hlung him to a
tree. The perpetrators of tils out
rage have been recognized and cap
tured, and it is not tumlikely will have
to appear in tile eenrt of Judge
Lyneh, as intense feeling has been
excited vgainst themy.
Henderson and others, convicted
of whiskey frauds in New Orleans,
and confined in a prison in WVest
Vir'gia.lately moved the Supreme
Conrt of the United Statch fo' .a
ka~ea (%lPJto on theq ground4 that
thiej were convieted .ip Zouisiana,
an4 West irginia bad kovem aesent
ed to the use of her prisons for the
confinemento It edmra prionrs
Gov, Stearns, of Florida, whose
right to count alone the votes for
elotors in Forida is now being
defended by the entire Republican
press of the country, has an excel
lent reputation in his own party.
This is what Congressman Purman,
Republican, said of him in Congress
Only last March.
"The unfortunate death of Gov.
Heart in 1874 precipitated this
incubus upon our Stato, and as
South Cal olina once had its Moses
a nd Now York its Tweed, so Florida
has now its Stearns."
An Emphatic Letter.
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson recently
wrote the following ernphatic letter
to the secretary of war. Gen. John
son and Secretary Cameron wore
follow students at Princeton College,
and their relations have always been
pleasant and hiendly. 1ere is the
letter:
COLUMBIA, S. C., November 30.
Hon. J. Donald Cameron, Sccretary
of I"r, W asAington, -. U.
Owing to the interference of Uni
ted States troops yesterday, the
Legislature of South Carolina failed
to organizo in the State House. The
Republican members, with 5o pres
ent, organired in the hall of the
House of Representatives. The
Democrats, with 64 memnbers, pre
vented byt roops from entering the
hall, organized in another place.
To-day, the Democratic Rouse en
tered the ball poaceably, and shortly
afterward the Republican Houso
entered. The two Speakers are ox
ercising control of their respective
bo(lieso. The united asserably thus
nieeting as a dual House are debating
p0 opositions IOf adjustment and their
respecftive rights in a peaceable and
orderly manner. Parliamentarv
qulestions are decidedI by each Speak
er as they arise in his own House,
and the struggle is a parliamentary
one for control of the hall and. the
acknowledgment of the House as
the legal representatives of the
people of Souti Carolina. Thereis
not the alightes', probability of a
breach of the peace. The differenca
will be adjusted according- to, legal
parliamentary methods. It has no
referenoeto the Presidential electors.
The reialt ean in no way interfere
with the e!eotion 'of Presidemt or
members of Congress.
In this condition of affairs,, when
the people of South Cartlinu them
selve. irk legal, orderly innler, are
settling their own diffezences atn -g
themselves ; when their action can
in 0no Way influence o tend to influ
ee the Federal questions, I ask
you. as one of the legal advisers of
the President of the Unitel States,
as the hvad of the army of the Uni
ted1 States, as a citizen who desires
to protect the constitutional rights
of all citizeno and of all States,, not
to allow the troops of the Union to
miter ftre,, hut. to allow the peole. of
the Stat3 to nurke their omai adjust
mnent of their own differences ini
their own way.
Urgent alpeals are doubtless
made to you to prevent an alleged
breach oif the peace. I tell you there
is no (langer of such a breach hap
peninug.
BnADLEY T. JOxI~sON..
Hi Y~ M EN lA I.
NMarried, at Ridgoway on the 30th
of November, 1878, at the residenco
of the bride s father, by the Rev;
Geo. M. Boyd, Mn. S..B. ANDEnsON,
of Chester county, S. C., to Miss
HATTIE I. . As of F'airfield county
S. C.
FOR SALE.
/\PENDID) two horse Carringo, as
go d aew. Will sol it for I Jfit
value. Address
JNO. D. COCHRAN,
- Columbia, S. C.
hr. JOSEP~HI QUATL~EBAUM,.
WILL be in Wininshoro, at
Mrs. 11. B. McMaster's frota
the o iath to the 15th Decembier,
prep~ared to operate in the various de
piratmlents of the Dental professioin in the
most a >proved manner.
Hie a .ated calls addrosscd to hinm
at Dok.
dec 7--x2
Sealed Proposals. 2,
OFFIE COUNTY COMMXssIONERB,
F"A1FIELD COUNTY, Nov. 25, 1876.
EQS~ED proposals will be received at
KJthis ofh cc for (30) thirty days from
date of this notice, 'or the building of a
Bridge over the north fork of Wateree
Creek, on the road leading north from
W hite Oak. For plan and specifications
r~plly to tihe nindorsigned.
All proposals must be accompaniedl with
names oft at least two or more good mure
ties. The Coflmissioners reserve the
right to reject , ny or all bids, if, in their*
opin ion, theo interest, of the County require
HEFNRtY JACOB.
doo 7- Chairman B. C, C.
- U Id ripo ss.
.OFFrCE COUNTY CoMMjssroNERa's,
FAuuIELI, COUNTY,. M{o. 26, 187G
SELEvpop l lhe reeived at
Lit this otio' for) bhirty -days froma
latof hisritic, fr'the repairing of
the irest1e of inieaid 's Bridge -over Little
ver. Fir plan an " pegl~cegions applj
All prop( smllst be accobmpanied with
the names of at aleast one or two good
wretieos. The OommiissioneOrs regerve the
i it to ~eeo e 'nor all hids if in their
$~i~st pf the Co inty requirs
dee 7 IIENRY JACOB,
'ON SAUE ORt RENT.
oferf ale ri rent the e~sidence
hI Ote onVanderbora ttiet, near
eASR90iate ;Jteformied Ohuroli' The.
muse: id eottage style, eltaIitin three
ipih oehta at i ,;d kitohen